Complete the apostles' reply to the Sanhedrin: 'We must obey ___ rather than men.'

Answer: God

Ordered to stop teaching in Jesus' name, Peter and the other apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than men."

““We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.” But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.”— Acts 5:28-29 (BSB)